JP2013024580A - Facility search device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a facility search device which enables a user to select a facility in consideration of peripheral parking lots.SOLUTION: A navigation device as a facility search device comprises: a facility search unit 30 for searching for facilities satisfying set search conditions; a parking lot search unit 32 for searching for parking lots existing in a predetermined range around the obtained facilities; and a facility information drawing unit 34 and display processing unit 60 for, when displaying facility identification information identifying facilities obtained by the facility search unit 30, displaying parking lot information including at least presence of parking lots existing around the facilities on the basis of the search result by the parking lot search unit 32.

Description

  The present invention relates to a facility search apparatus that searches for facilities that satisfy a search condition in the vicinity of a vehicle position or the like.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a navigation device that searches for a destination facility when a user inputs a search word and presents it, and further displays a list of parking lots that can be discounted around the destination facility when the user selects the target facility. It is known (for example, refer to Patent Document 1). In addition, when there are a plurality of parking lots within a predetermined range from the set destination, a candidate route constituted by a route from the current position of the moving body to the parking lot and a route from the parking lot to the destination is selected. There is known a route search apparatus that searches for each of a plurality of parking lots and selects an optimum route from among the plurality of candidate routes in consideration of parking lot information (see, for example, Patent Document 2). .

Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2011-13085 (page 4-15, FIG. 1-6) JP 2007-263581 (page 4-12, FIG. 1-5)

  By the way, in the configurations disclosed in Patent Documents 1 and 2, etc., it is possible to search for parking lots around the destination facility, but it is necessary to select the destination facility (destination) as a prerequisite. There was a problem that the presence or absence of the parking lot could not be considered at the stage. It is possible to select the target facilities in order and search for nearby parking lots for each target facility, but in that case, it will repeatedly select the target facility and search for nearby parking lots, The operation becomes very complicated and lacks practicality.

  The present invention has been created in view of such a point, and an object thereof is to provide a facility search apparatus capable of selecting a facility in consideration of a surrounding parking lot.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, a facility search apparatus according to the present invention includes a facility search unit that searches for a facility that satisfies a set search condition, and a parking facility that exists in a predetermined range around the facility searched by the facility search unit. When displaying the parking lot search means for searching for the parking lot and the facility specifying information for specifying the facility searched by the facility search means, based on the search result by the parking lot search means, at least parking lots existing around this facility are displayed. Search result display means for displaying parking lot information including the presence or absence of a parking lot.

  When displaying the facility identification information that identifies the facility that satisfies the search conditions, the parking information including the presence or absence of parking lots around this facility is displayed at the same time. You can choose. In particular, when checking a surrounding parking lot after selecting a facility, it is necessary to select another facility after confirming that there is no surrounding parking lot. Since the presence / absence of a surrounding parking lot can be known when making a selection, the number of operations when selecting a facility including the presence / absence of a parking lot can be greatly reduced.

  Moreover, it is desirable that the search result screen displayed by the above-described search result display means includes a plurality of facility specifying information and parking lot information corresponding to each of the plurality of facility specifying information separately. Thereby, when a plurality of facilities are searched, it becomes easy to select a facility where a surrounding parking lot exists from among them.

  The parking lot information described above preferably includes the number of parking lots existing around the facility searched by the facility searching means. This makes it possible to preferentially select a facility that has a large number of surrounding parking lots and a low waiting time for entering the parking lot.

  In addition, it is preferable that an operation unit that receives a user instruction is further provided, and the parking lot search condition by the parking lot search unit can be changed according to the user instruction received by the operation unit. As a result, it is possible to select a facility where there is a surrounding parking lot that meets the desired conditions.

  In addition, the changeable parking lot search condition described above is desirably a distance from a facility where the parking lot exists. This makes it possible to select a facility with a parking lot nearby.

  In addition, the changeable parking lot search condition described above may be at least one of the presence / absence of a signal along the walking path between the facility and the parking lot, the presence / absence of a crosswalk, the presence / absence of paving, and the presence / absence of a roof. desirable. This makes it possible to select a facility in consideration of the ease of walking from the parking lot to the facility.

  In addition, when the parking information corresponding to any facility is selected by the user using the operation means described above, and there are a plurality of parking lots around the facility, It is desirable to further include a surrounding parking lot display means for displaying the parking lot in a list format. Thereby, the user can select a desired parking lot from among a plurality of parking lots existing around the facility.

  In addition, the degree of congestion of the parking lot can be specified by the user using the operation means described above, and the display of the list format parking lots by the surrounding parking lot display means is performed in an order that considers the degree of congestion. Is desirable. Specifically, the display of the parking lot in the list format by the surrounding parking lot display means described above is higher than the parking lot that is equivalent to the designated congestion level or lighter than the designated congestion level. It is desirable to be carried out by arranging them. Thereby, it becomes easy to preferentially display and select a parking lot with a short waiting time.

It is a figure which shows the structure of the navigation apparatus of one Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement procedure of a facility search. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the search result screen containing facility specific information and parking lot information. It is a figure which shows the specific example of the parking lot search conditions which can be changed. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of a surrounding parking lot screen. It is a figure which shows the content of the order change instruction | indication which can be switched. It is a figure which shows the specific example of a parking lot detailed information screen.

  Hereinafter, a navigation device according to an embodiment to which a facility search device of the present invention is applied will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a navigation device according to an embodiment. The navigation device shown in FIG. 1 includes a navigation controller 1, a map data storage device 3, an operation unit 4, a vehicle position detection unit 5, a display device 6, an audio unit 7, and a communication device 8. This navigation device is mounted on a vehicle.

  The navigation controller 1 implements various functions such as a map image display operation around the own vehicle position, a facility search operation, and a route search / guidance operation by executing a predetermined operation program using a CPU, ROM, RAM, and the like. . The detailed configuration of the navigation controller 1 will be described later.

  The map data storage device 3 is a storage medium that stores map data necessary for map display, facility search, route search, and the like and a reading device thereof. The map data storage device 3 stores map data in units of rectangular figure leaves divided into appropriate sizes by longitude and latitude. The map data of each leaf can be specified and read by designating the leaf number. The map data storage device 3 is realized by a hard disk device or a semiconductor memory, or by a DVD and its reading device. Further, the map data storage device 3 may be replaced with a communication device to acquire map data from an external map distribution server (not shown).

  The operation unit 4 is for receiving user instructions (operations), and includes various operation buttons and operation knobs. In addition, the operation unit 4 includes a touch panel attached to the screen of the display device 6, and the user can directly perform an operation instruction by pointing a part on the screen with a finger or the like. Yes. The vehicle position detection unit 5 includes, for example, a GPS receiver, an orientation sensor, a distance sensor, and the like, detects the vehicle position (longitude, latitude) at a predetermined timing, and outputs a detection result.

  The display device 6 is composed of, for example, an LCD (liquid crystal display device), and is obtained by a map image around the vehicle position, an intersection guide image, or a facility search based on the video signal output from the navigation controller 1. A search result image including the facility and the surrounding parking lot is displayed. The audio unit 7 outputs a guidance voice or the like generated based on the voice signal input from the navigation controller 1 into the vehicle interior. The communication device 8 is for acquiring various types of information such as parking lot congestion, and performs data communication with an external information center (not shown). Most commonly, a mobile phone or a mobile terminal device is used as the communication device 8, but a short-range communication module, a wireless LAN module, or the like may be used as the communication device 8.

  Next, a detailed configuration of the navigation controller 1 will be described. The navigation controller 1 shown in FIG. 1 includes a map buffer 10, a map read control unit 12, a map drawing unit 14, a vehicle position calculation unit 20, a route search processing unit 22, a route guidance processing unit 24, a facility search unit 30, and a parking lot search. The unit 32 includes a facility information drawing unit 34, a surrounding parking lot drawing unit 36, an input processing unit 40, and a display processing unit 60.

  The map buffer 10 temporarily stores map data read from the map data storage device 3. The map reading control unit 12 sends a request for reading a predetermined range of map data in accordance with the vehicle position calculated by the vehicle position calculating unit 20 and the position designated by the user by operating the operation unit 4. Output to. Based on the map data stored in the map buffer 10, the map drawing unit 14 performs drawing processing necessary for displaying a map image on the display device 6 to create map image drawing data.

  The vehicle position calculation unit 20 calculates the vehicle position based on the detection data output from the vehicle position detection unit 5, and if the calculated vehicle position is not on the road of the map data, the vehicle position is calculated. Perform map matching processing to correct.

  The route search processing unit 22 searches for a travel route (guidance route) that connects a departure point and a destination (or waypoint) according to a predetermined search condition. The route guidance processing unit 24 creates guidance route drawing data for displaying the guidance route obtained by the search processing by the route search processing unit 22 so as to be superimposed on the map or displaying an enlarged view of the right / left turn intersection. Then, an audio signal such as intersection guidance necessary for guiding the vehicle along the guidance route is generated.

  The facility search unit 30 searches for a facility that satisfies a search condition specified by the user. For example, when a gas station or a convenience store is specified as a search condition by a user, a search process is performed to extract these facilities existing around the vehicle position or the position specified by the user. The parking lot search unit 32 searches for a parking lot existing in a predetermined range around the facility searched by the facility search unit 30.

  The facility information drawing unit 34 lists facility specifying information (for example, the name of the facility) that specifies the facility searched by the facility searching unit 30 and parking lot information that includes at least the presence or absence of a parking lot around each facility. The search result drawing data shown in the format and the facility information drawing data including the detailed information of one facility selected from the search result drawing data are created.

  The surrounding parking lot drawing unit 36 displays a detailed display of parking lot information corresponding to one of the facilities included in this display after the search result is displayed based on the search result drawing data created by the facility information drawing unit 34. Is instructed by the user, the surrounding parking lot drawing data including the detailed information is created. For example, when there are a plurality of surrounding parking lots, the surrounding parking lot drawing data for displaying the parking lot specifying information indicating each of the plurality of parking lots in a list format in a predetermined order is created.

  The input processing unit 40 outputs commands for performing operations corresponding to various operation instructions input from the operation unit 4 to each unit in the navigation controller 1.

  The display processing unit 60 receives the map image drawing data created by the map drawing unit 14 and displays a predetermined range of map images on the screen of the display device 6 based on the drawing data. In addition, search result drawing data and facility information drawing data created by the facility information drawing unit 34, surrounding parking lot drawing data created by the surrounding parking lot drawing unit 36, and guidance route drawing data created by the route guidance processing unit 24 Is displayed, the display processing unit 60 displays these drawing data on the screen of the display device 6 so as to overlap the map image.

  The facility search unit 30 described above is the facility search unit, the parking lot search unit 32 is the parking lot search unit, the facility information drawing unit 34, the display processing unit 60 is the search result display unit, the operation unit 4 is the operation unit, The parking lot drawing unit 36 and the display processing unit 60 correspond to the surrounding parking lot display means.

  The navigation device of the present embodiment has such a configuration, and next, an operation for performing facility search will be described. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an operation procedure of facility search. When the facility search is started, first, a search condition is designated by the user using the operation unit 4, and the facility search unit 30 determines the search condition (step 100). For example, the genre of the facility is specified as a search condition. When the genre has a plurality of hierarchies, for example, when there is a minor classification under the major classification, a selection based on a user instruction is performed from among a plurality of options included in each classification. As a specific example, a case where “Restaurant” is selected as the large classification and “Ramen shop” is selected as the small classification.

  Next, the facility search unit 30 searches for a facility that satisfies the determined search condition (step 102). For example, when a map image around the vehicle position is displayed at that time, a facility search that satisfies the search condition is performed around the vehicle position, and a predetermined number of facilities are extracted in the order from the vehicle position. The In addition, when a map image around an arbitrary position specified by the user is displayed at that time, a facility search that satisfies the search condition is performed with the specified arbitrary position as the center, and predetermined locations are arranged in order from the closest to the arbitrary position. A number of facilities are extracted.

  Next, the parking lot search unit 32 searches for a parking lot existing in a predetermined range around the one facility searched and extracted by the facility search unit 30 (step 104). When the search for the nearby parking lot of one facility is completed, the parking lot search unit 32 determines whether there is a facility for which the search for the nearby parking lot has not been completed (step 106). If there is a facility that has not been searched for nearby parking lots, an affirmative determination is made, and the process returns to step 104 to search for nearby parking lots corresponding to other facilities.

  On the other hand, when the search for the surrounding parking lot is completed for all the facilities, a negative determination is made in the determination of step 106. Next, the facility information drawing unit 34 lists the facility specifying information for specifying the facility searched by the facility searching unit 30 and the parking lot information related to the surrounding parking lot for each facility searched by the parking lot searching unit 32. The facility information drawing data shown in the format is created (step 108), and the display processing unit 60 displays a search result image (search result screen) corresponding to the facility information drawing data on the display device 6 (step 110).

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a display example of a search result screen including facility specifying information and parking lot information. The search result screen shown in FIG. 3 includes items of “name”, “surrounding parking lot”, and “surrounding map”.

  “Name” is a name of each facility as facility specifying information for specifying each searched facility, and a plurality of names are displayed in list form. When the number of searched facilities is less than the plurality, the names of the searched facilities (which may be 1 or 0) are displayed in a list.

  “Nearby parking lot” is parking lot information corresponding to each searched facility, and indicates the number of surrounding parking lots for each facility. When there is no parking lot in the predetermined range centering on the facility, “None” is displayed, and when there is a parking lot in the predetermined range, “○” indicating the number is displayed.

  The “neighboring map” is a schematic map including the position of the temporarily selected facility. In the example shown in FIG. 3, “Ramen A” is provisionally selected (for example, the character “Ramen A” is highlighted and emphasized that it is temporarily selected) and is displayed on the map. Corresponding to the store location of “Ramen A”, an “Ra” icon indicating that it is a ramen store is displayed.

  Next, the facility search unit 30 determines whether or not the facility to be temporarily selected has been changed (step 112). The facility can be changed by the user using the operation unit 4. If the temporarily selected facility is changed, an affirmative determination is made, and the process returns to step 108 to create facility information drawing data corresponding to the facility after the change. At this time, the contents of the search result screen are not significantly changed, and the facility information drawing data in which the location of the facility temporarily selected and the location of the icon on the surrounding map corresponding to the facility after the change have been changed Is created.

  If the temporarily selected facility is not changed, a negative determination is made in the determination of step 112. Next, the parking lot search unit 32 determines whether or not the parking lot search condition has been changed (step 114). In the example illustrated in FIG. 3, the parking lot search condition can be changed using the region A.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a specific example of changeable parking lot search conditions. As parking lot search conditions, six types of “parking lot present”, “partnership”, “100 m”, “200 m”, “300 m”, and “400 m” are prepared in advance so that the user can select from them. It has become. “Parking available” is a default search condition, and is a search for a parking lot that can be used in a relatively wide range. For example, the search range is about 15 minutes on foot and a distance of about 1 km. Is set to “Partnership” refers to searching for a parking lot only for the partner parking lot of the corresponding facility, and in many cases, benefits such as discounts on charges and free use up to several hours are attached. Each of “100 m”, “200 m”, “300 m”, and “400 m” is a distance from the facility to the parking lot, and is a case where a parking lot existing within the distance is searched. In addition, although these distances show the linear distance between a facility and each parking lot, the distance along the walking route (or vehicle travel route) between them may be sufficient. In the case of a distance along a walking route or the like, it is necessary to determine the walking route or the like by route search and obtain the distance.

  When the user uses the operation unit 4 to point to the character string “parking lot present” included in the area A illustrated in FIG. 3, the search condition selection list illustrated in FIG. 4 is displayed in a pull-down format. One of the parking lot search conditions can be selected.

  The parking lot search condition may be changed using the buttons a1 and a2 included in the area A. For example, every time the button a2 is pointed once, the selection target of the parking lot search condition shown in FIG. 4 moves down one by one, and every time the button a1 is pointed once, the parking lot search condition shown in FIG. The selection target is moved up one by one.

Moreover, the parking lot search condition shown in FIG. 4 is an example, and other search conditions as exemplified below may be selected.
(1) There is no pedestrian crossing along the walking path between the parking lot and the facility.
(2) There is no signal along the walking path between the parking lot and the facility.
(3) Do not get wet in the rain while walking between the parking lot and the facility.
(4) The walking path between the parking lot and the facility is paved.
These search conditions may be added to the search condition options shown in FIG. 4 or used as additional search conditions after selecting one of the search conditions shown in FIG.

  When the parking lot search condition is changed by the user, an affirmative determination is made in the determination in step 114, and the process returns to step 104, and operations after the parking lot search using the changed search condition are repeated.

  If the parking lot search condition is not changed, a negative determination is made in the determination of step 114. Next, the parking lot search unit 32 determines whether or not a detailed display of parking lot information has been instructed (step 116). In the example shown in FIG. 3, when the user points the “>>” mark displayed next to the number of parking lots corresponding to each facility using the operation unit 4, the details of the surrounding parking lots corresponding to this facility Display can be instructed. When the detailed display of the parking lot information is not instructed, a negative determination is made in the determination in step 116, and the operation after the determination of whether or not there is a temporarily selected facility change is repeated by returning to step 112. On the other hand, when detailed display of the parking lot information is instructed, an affirmative determination is made in the determination of step 116.

  Next, the surrounding parking lot drawing unit 36 creates surrounding parking lot drawing data corresponding to the facility for which detailed display of the parking lot information is instructed (step 118), and the display processing unit 60 displays the surrounding parking lot drawing data. A surrounding parking image (a surrounding parking screen) corresponding to is displayed on the display device 6 (step 120).

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a display example of a surrounding parking lot screen. The surrounding parking lot screen shown in FIG. 5 shows a plurality of parking lots corresponding to one facility in a list format. The “parking lot names” of these parking lots and the “congestion status” of each parking lot are displayed. ”,“ Distance ”from the facility to each parking lot, and a schematic“ peripheral map ”including the positions of a plurality of parking lots.

  “Congestion status” is indicated by displaying a mark indicating the congestion status such as “empty” or “full” on the left side of each parking lot name. For example, one of three types of “empty”, “mixed”, and “full” is selected and displayed. “Empty” indicates that the parking lot is empty and can be stored without waiting. “Crowded” indicates a state where the vehicle is almost full and is expected to become full depending on the future warehousing situation. “Full” indicates that the vehicle is full. Also, different colors are given according to these congestion situations. For example, “sky” is displayed in blue, “mixed” is displayed in yellow, and “full” is displayed in red. The congestion status of each parking lot is determined based on data acquired from an external information center via the communication device 8. Moreover, you may make it display the waiting time at the time of putting a vehicle into each parking lot instead of showing the three types of marks which show these illustrated congestion situations.

  “Distance” indicates a linear distance from the facility to each parking lot, but may be a distance along a walking route (or a traveling route of the vehicle) between them. In the case of a distance along a walking route or the like, it is necessary to determine the walking route or the like by route search and obtain the distance. The distance “0 m” indicates a case where the store itself has a parking lot.

  The “neighboring map” is a schematic map including the positions of a plurality of parking lots included in the surrounding parking lot screen. In the example shown in FIG. 5, the surrounding parking lot screen includes three parking lots, and an icon “P” is shown corresponding to the positions of these three parking lots. In addition, the parking lot arranged at the top of the three parking lots is temporarily selected (for example, it is emphasized that the parking lot name is highlighted and temporarily selected). The icon on the map corresponding to the temporarily selected parking lot is displayed in a state where it can be distinguished from others. Further, this icon is color-coded as in the above-described congestion situation. That is, “sky” is displayed in blue, “crowded” is displayed in yellow, and “full” is displayed in red according to the congestion situation of each parking lot.

  With such a surrounding parking screen displayed, the user can either (1) change the parking lot order, (2) select one parking lot, or (3) return to the previous screen. It can be performed.

  Next, the parking lot search unit 32 determines whether or not a parking lot order change instruction has been made (step 122). The parking order change instruction is an instruction to change the order of the parking lots in consideration of the congestion situation. The congestion situation that is the target of priority display (the higher the priority is placed on the screen, the higher the priority is). Can be specified. In the example shown in FIG. 5, the area B can be used to switch the congestion status and instruct the order change.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the contents of a switchable order change instruction. As the contents of the order change instruction, four types of “all”, “vacant”, “crowded”, and “full” are prepared in advance, and the user can select from among them.

  “All” is a default order change instruction, and means that the display order is set by treating all the parking lots in a congested state equally. That is, the order of the parking lots is determined from the top to the bottom in the order from the facility regardless of the congestion situation.

  “Free” means that the display order is set with priority given to parking lots whose congestion is “empty”. In the example shown in FIG. 5, there are two parking lots that are “empty” among the three parking lots, and the closest to the facility is the top and the farthest is the second. Is set. For parking lots other than “empty” in the congestion status, the display order is set below the parking lot (if there are a plurality of parking lots, the parking lots are arranged in order from the facility).

  “Congestion” means that the display order is set by giving priority to parking lots whose congestion status is “mixed” (“mixed” and “empty”). When there are a plurality of parking lots that satisfy this condition, the one with a short distance from the facility is arranged on the upper side.

  “Full” means that the display order is set with priority given to parking lots up to “full” (“full”, “crowded” and “empty”). When there are a plurality of parking lots that satisfy this condition, the one with a short distance from the facility is arranged on the upper side. Actually, since “full” and “all” have the same content, either one may be omitted.

  When the user uses the operation unit 4 to point to the character string “all” included in the region B shown in FIG. 5, the order change instruction list shown in FIG. 6 is displayed in a pull-down format. One of them can be selected.

  Note that the contents of the order change instruction may be changed using the buttons b1 and b2 included in the region B. For example, each time the button b2 is pointed once, the selection target of the list shown in FIG. 6 moves down one by one, and every time the button b1 is pointed once, the selection target of the list shown in FIG. 4 is one. It is designed to move up one by one.

  When an instruction to change the parking lot order is given, an affirmative determination is made in the determination in step 122, and the process returns to step 118 to create the surrounding parking lot drawing data after the parking lot order is changed.

  On the other hand, if the parking order change instruction is not issued, a negative determination is made in the determination in step 122. Next, the parking lot search unit 32 determines whether or not one parking lot is selected in a state where the surrounding parking lot screen shown in FIG. 5 is displayed (step 124). In the example shown in FIG. 5, the user can select this parking lot by pointing the “>>” mark displayed next to the distance to each parking lot using the operation unit 4. If one parking lot is not selected, a negative determination is made in the determination of step 124, and the parking lot search unit 32 determines whether or not to return to the previous screen (step 126). For example, it is possible to instruct to return to the previous screen by pointing to the button C included in the surrounding parking lot screen shown in FIG. If an instruction to return to the previous screen is given, an affirmative determination is made in the determination of step 126, and the process returns to step 108 to create facility information drawing data for displaying the search result screen (FIG. 3). If the instruction to return to the previous screen is not given, a negative determination is made in the determination of step 126, and the process returns to step 122 to repeat the determination of whether or not the parking lot order has been changed.

  On the other hand, when one parking lot included in the surrounding parking lot screen (FIG. 5) is selected, an affirmative determination is made in the determination of step 124. Next, the surrounding parking lot drawing unit 36 creates parking lot detailed information drawing data including detailed information of the selected parking lot. The display processing unit 60 displays a parking lot detailed information image (screen) corresponding to the drawing data on the display device 6 (step 128). FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a specific example of the parking lot detailed information screen. Next, the parking lot search unit 32 determines whether or not to return to the previous screen (step 130). For example, it is possible to instruct to return to the previous screen by pointing to the button D included in the parking lot detailed information screen shown in FIG. When an instruction to return to the previous screen is given, an affirmative determination is made in the determination in step 130, and the process returns to step 118 to create the surrounding parking lot drawing data for displaying the surrounding parking lot screen (FIG. 5). Is called. If the instruction to return to the previous screen is not made, a negative determination is made in the determination in step 130, and the process returns to step 128 and the display of the parking lot detailed information screen is repeated.

  As described above, in the navigation device of this embodiment, when the facility specifying information (name of facility) for specifying the facility that satisfies the search condition is displayed, at the same time, parking including the presence / absence of a parking lot existing around the facility is included. Since the parking lot information is displayed, the facility can be selected in consideration of the surrounding parking lot. In particular, when checking a surrounding parking lot after selecting a facility, it is necessary to select another facility after confirming that there is no surrounding parking lot, and perform the same check. In the navigation device, since the presence / absence of a surrounding parking lot is known when selecting a facility, the number of operations for selecting a facility including the presence / absence of a parking lot can be greatly reduced.

  In particular, the search result screen (FIG. 3) includes the names of a plurality of facilities and parking information (number of parking lots) corresponding to each of the names of the plurality of facilities separately. Is retrieved, it is easy to select a facility where a surrounding parking lot exists. In addition, by indicating the number of parking lots as parking lot information, it is possible to preferentially select a facility that has a large number of surrounding parking lots and a low waiting time for entering the parking lot.

  Moreover, by making it possible to change the search conditions for the parking lot in accordance with the user's instruction, it is possible to select a facility where there is a surrounding parking lot that meets the desired conditions. In particular, by setting the search condition for the changeable parking lot as the distance from the facility where the parking lot exists, it is possible to select a facility with a parking lot nearby. In addition, the search conditions for changeable parking lots can be changed from the parking lot to the facility by setting the presence / absence of signals along the walking path between the facility and the parking lot, presence / absence of pedestrian crossings, presence / absence of paving, and presence / absence of roof The facility can be selected in consideration of the ease of walking.

  In addition, when parking information corresponding to one of the facilities is selected on the search result screen (FIG. 3), by displaying a surrounding parking screen (FIG. 5) that displays a plurality of parking spaces in a list format. The user can select a desired parking lot from among a plurality of parking lots existing around the facility. In addition, when listing multiple parking lots, in an order that takes into account the degree of congestion in each parking lot, specifically, the same as the degree of congestion specified by the user, or the degree of congestion specified. By arranging and displaying a parking lot that is lighter than the upper parking lot, it is easy to preferentially display and select a parking lot with a low waiting time.

  In addition, this invention is not limited to the said embodiment, A various deformation | transformation implementation is possible within the range of the summary of this invention. For example, in the above-described embodiment, the navigation apparatus mounted on the vehicle has been described. However, the present invention is also applied to a case where facility search is performed by executing predetermined application software on a personal computer or a mobile terminal called a smartphone. Can be applied.

  As described above, according to the present invention, when displaying facility specifying information (name of facility) that specifies a facility that satisfies the search condition, a parking lot including the presence or absence of a parking lot that exists around the facility is simultaneously displayed. Since the information is displayed, the facility can be selected in consideration of the surrounding parking lot.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Navigation controller 3 Map data storage device 4 Operation part 5 Vehicle position detection part 6 Display apparatus 7 Audio part 8 Communication apparatus 10 Map buffer 12 Map read-out control part 14 Map drawing part 20 Vehicle position calculation part 22 Route search process part 24 Route guidance Processing unit 30 Facility search unit 32 Parking lot search unit 34 Facility information drawing unit 36 Peripheral parking lot drawing unit 40 Input processing unit 60 Display processing unit

Claims (9)

A facility search means for searching for facilities that satisfy the set search conditions;
Parking lot search means for searching for a parking lot existing in a predetermined range around the facility searched by the facility search means;
When displaying the facility specifying information for specifying the facility searched by the facility searching means, a parking lot including at least the presence or absence of a parking lot around the facility based on the search result by the parking lot searching means Search result display means for displaying information;
A facility retrieval apparatus comprising: In claim 1,
The search result screen displayed by the search result display means includes a plurality of the facility specifying information and the parking lot information corresponding to each of the plurality of facility specifying information separately. apparatus. In claim 1 or 2,
The facility search apparatus characterized in that the parking lot information includes the number of parking lots existing around the facility searched by the facility search means. In claim 3,
It further comprises an operation means for receiving user instructions,
The facility search device according to claim 10, wherein the parking space search condition by the parking space search means can be changed according to a user instruction received by the operation means. In claim 4,
The facility search device characterized in that the search condition for the changeable parking lot is a distance from the facility where the parking lot exists. In claim 4 or 5,
The search condition for the changeable parking lot is at least one of presence / absence of a signal along a walking path between the facility and the parking lot, presence / absence of a pedestrian crossing, presence / absence of paving, and presence / absence of a roof. Search device. In any one of Claims 4-6,
When the parking information corresponding to one of the facilities is selected by the user using the operation means, and there are a plurality of parking lots around the facility, the plurality of parking lots The facility search device further comprising a surrounding parking lot display means for displaying the information in a list format. In claim 7,
The degree of congestion of the parking lot can be designated by the user using the operation means,
The facility search apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display of the parking lot in the list format by the surrounding parking lot display means is performed in an order in consideration of the degree of congestion. In claim 8,
Display of the parking lot in the list format by the surrounding parking lot display means is performed by arranging a parking lot that is equal to the designated congestion level or lighter than the designated congestion level at the upper level. A facility search apparatus characterized by that.

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